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Eliminating Poverty By Having Good Lifetime Working Plan In Farming

Eliminating Poverty By Having Good Lifetime Working Plan In Farming 22 June 2021 What is your working plan? This is an article by Rugare Chakauya, a member of the Pindula community. He highlights how a person can have a lifetime economic working plan. Chakauya previously published 2 articles titled ‘ How to manage life expenses to invest into business ‘ and How can I start my own business and stop poverty? 25 basic Business principles with Pindula new. Here is the advice that I gave to one of my friends and it worked quite well for him. After a long conversation about business ideas in Zimbabwe, the gentleman asked, “Which business Rugare do you consider as life business with low risk in Zimbabwe?” I responded using a snapshot from what I call Old People’s Mind strategy Here’s the work plan: 1. Land Firstly, get land, even in rural areas. In rural areas, the land is very cheap going for as little as 100 USD for around 3 hectares (30,000 sqm). Securing land is very important becaus...

HOW CAN I MANAGE LIFE EXPENSES TO INVEST IN BUSINESS?

  Tips for managing life’s expenses To enable investment into business   1. Live within your means. Never spend what you don’t have. Most people spend money that they don’t have by borrowing and they assume that they will eventually get more money from somewhere else to cover the debt. Unchecked, this behavior only perpetuates a debt cycle that is difficult to break over time. 2. Avoid buying vegetables for consumption. Grow them! Grow your own vegetables. If you visit my home you will see the tomatoes I grow on my own in a small bed. I also grow shallots, covo, tsunga (mustard greens) etc. Why? Because most households purchase vegetables on a daily basis, however these repetitive and seemingly insignificant costs when added up can actually amount to big monies over time. 3. Always buy basics in bulk. Or you run the risk of overspending on non-essentials with every trip to the supermarket which can ultimately lead to an erosion of potential savings or capital. ...